i've been playing a few years but my playing is a lil sloppy (a lil sloppy is an understatement heh). anyway i heard over and over that the use of a metronome is pivotal to good guitar techinique, especially shredding. so i went to a site and found an oline metronome this week. and i am just wondering how often do i increase tempo. i started with the arpeggios from hell from yngwies video (just the main riff.) i started slow and gradually increased the tempo. i played the riff a few times on each setting intil i got a good feel for that tempo. the first try i made it to 160. the next day i tried i made it to 168 without getting too sloppy. should i just keep practicing like this?
it sems to be a wonderful endurance exercise and i've tried the same method with a few other licks. i also saw an eric johnson video and i noticed he uses A LOT of upstrokes. so i even practice the same thing starting wiht and upstroke instead of down. i notice this give me a little more control depending on what i am playing.
anyone have any suggestion on how i should use a metronome???? and if you know of any lessons on right hand technique let me know. i don't think theres enough info on the right hand techniques on the internet cause i think its more importand than you left hand.
ranma187